One of the few low-residency MFA programs whose graduate students work on their scripts with local professional actors and directors. During your first year in the Stage & Screen track, you will write a full-length script in both disciplines. For your second year, you can choose to concentrate in either stage or screen, or you can choose to write another full-length play and another screenplay. Either way, you will leave the program with four full-length scripts and three ten-minute plays. You may write additional scripts (like short screenplays, TV scripts, and one-acts) for your...

The MFA in playwriting is a three-year sequence that includes courses in playwriting, theater history, performance theory, dramatic literature, and script analysis, as well as a variety of electives. By the end of the three years, playwrights will have written three full-length plays, scores of short plays, and a critical thesis demonstrating knowledge of relevant theatrical frames. They will have also developed the necessary business acumen and skills to navigate a playwriting career.

The Belmont Theatre program is a student-centered professional training program that prepares students for work in a variety of entertainment fields. The Department of Theatre & Dance is committed to a liberal arts foundation as an effective means of preparing students who want to pursue theatre as a life's work. This commitment is reflected in the system of training that stresses the collaborative and interdisciplinary nature of the theatrical performance and production process.

The Belmont Theatre program is a student-centered professional training program that prepares students for work in a variety of entertainment fields. The Department of Theatre & Dance is committed to a liberal arts foundation as an effective means of preparing students who want to pursue theatre as a life's work. This commitment is reflected in the system of training that stresses the collaborative and interdisciplinary nature of the theatrical performance and production process.

We are an independent, nonprofit advocacy group created to identify, unite and promote arts, culture, and heritage throughout Rutherford County, Tennessee. Founded as a 501(c)(3) in late 2018, our mission is to: Advocate for all aspects of our cultural community Promote Rutherford County as a cultural and heritage community and destination Communicate the social and economic impact of the arts Create opportunities for networking, collaboration, education, and economic success Define current arts gaps and create a united front to address these gaps As our tagline states, our purpose is “...

MTSU Write is a from-home mentorship program within the English Department. It is a three-semester program, working with new and experienced writers in fiction, non-fiction, poetry, screenwriting, and playwriting.

Mission: To educate the next generation of theatre artists for successful careers in the performing arts, the entertainment industry and arts education and to contribute to the cultural climate of our diverse community, region, and beyond as engaged partners. Central to the mission is the belief that theoretical and practical courses combined with production experiences and personalized mentorship are critical to the education and training of our students.

The purpose of the Sewanee School of Letters is to provide a Master’s program of the best quality, in English and in Creative Writing, to students who have only summers to devote to study. The faculty consists both of Sewanee professors, from English and allied departments, and distinguished faculty from other campuses. Courses are rigorous, but the atmosphere intimate and friendly. Each entering class will number around 25 and total enrollment will never be much more than 100. Completion of the MFA in Creative Writing requires ten course credits. Eight of these credits will be earned...

Opera Theatre’s mission is to shape the future of opera and to connect diverse audiences through its power and beauty. To accomplish our mission, we produce a world-class opera festival, we champion new works, we build new audiences, we educate and engage our community, and we nurture the finest opera artists, artisans, and administrators of each generation. By doing so, we strengthen the cultural and economic vitality of the St. Louis community.

Webster University's Bachelor of Music in Music Direction for Musical Theatre is a pre-professional degree, designed for students who wish to pursue a career as a professional music director for musical theatre. Extensive applied instruction and classes on technique, coaching, and musical theatre performance styles, as well as ensemble experience, constitute the core of the curriculum.

At Spalding’s affordable, nationally distinguished low residency MFA in Writing, we’ve put 18 years of thought and care into our program design, from the size and diversity of our faculty to the timing of our residencies during months when travel is easier. We’re dedicated to letting students focus on their own area of concentration while still exploring across genres and examining the interrelatedness of the arts. In short, we’re committed to excellence in a noncompetitive, supportive atmosphere.